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    Impact of intensive upper limb rehabilitation on quality of life: A randomized trial in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

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    Authors
    Sakzewski, L.
    Carlon, S.
    Shields, N.
    Ziviani, J.
    Ware, R.
    Boyd, Roslyn
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sakzewski, L. and Carlon, S. and Shields, N. and Ziviani, J. and Ware, R. and Boyd, R. 2012. Impact of intensive upper limb rehabilitation on quality of life: A randomized trial in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 54 (5): pp. 415-423.
    Source Title
    Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04272.x
    ISSN
    0012-1622
    School
    School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33055
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Aim The aim of this study was to determine whether constraint-induced movement therapy is more effective than bimanual training in improving the quality of life of children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Method Sixty-three children (mean age 10y 2mo [SD 2y 6mo]; 33 males, 30 females) with CP of the spastic motor type (n=59) or with spasticity and dystonia (n=4) were randomly allocated to two groups. The children were assessed as Manual Ability Classification System level I (n=16), II (n=46), or III (n=1). Each group received 6hours of daily intervention (either constraint-induced movement therapy [CIMT] or bimanual training [BIM]) for 10days over a 2-week period (total intervention time 60h). Children aged 9years and older completed the Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life Questionnaire for Children (CPQOL-Child) and those aged 8years and older completed the KIDSCREEN-52. All parents completed proxy versions of each measure. Assessments were made at baseline and at 3, 26, and 52weeks after the end of the intervention. Results Thirty-five children completed the CPQOL-Child and 41 completed the KIDSCREEN-52. No changes in social or emotional well-being were reported by children in either group. Children and parents from both groups reported a significant improvement in their or their child's feelings about functioning as well as participation and physical health on the CPQOL-Child. The parents of children receiving CIMT reported positive and sustained changes in their child's social well-being (CPQOL-Child). The CIMT group showed significant improvements in physical well-being, psychological well-being, and moods and emotions (KIDSCREEN-52) at 3weeks post intervention, which were maintained over the study period. Interpretation Intensive goal-directed upper limb training programmes using either CIMT or BIM achieved domain-specific changes in quality of life relating to feelings about functioning and participation and physical health. A condition-specific quality of life compared with a generic measure may be better able to detect changes in quality of life in children with unilateral CP. © The Authors. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology © 2012 Mac Keith Press.

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